Free speech is perhaps our most cherished civil liberty. Without free speech -; especially free speech on key cultural, political and religious issues -; the United States is no longer the pluralistic republic envisioned by our Founders. ...
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A safe and effective male birth control pill may be inching closer to reality, according to researchers. In laboratory experiments, mouse sperm was blocked from semen while still allowing for normal sexual activity. Without sperm in the ...
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Privately insured U.S. women who paid nothing out-of-pocket for the pill increased from 15 percent to 40 percent with the Affordable Care Act, researchers say. Lawrence B. Finer, Adam Sonfield and Rachel K. Jones of the Guttmacher ...
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Women who took oral contraceptives for three or more years are twice as likely to suffer from glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness, a U.S. researcher says. Lead researcher Dr. Shan Lin, a professor of clinical ophthalmology at the ...
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For years I have gone into food stores and read labels only to not know what half the ingredients were. I got to thinking, that maybe I'm not alone when it comes to knowing what the rest of them are. So, I've put together what might be a ...
Scientists from Northwestern University have developed a new intravaginal ring that could help prevent women from immunodeficiency virus. The ring is easily inserted and stays in place for 30 days,delivering a measured amount of the ...
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The US FDA has approved Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' new drug application (NDA) for Quartette (levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol and ethinyl estradiol) tablets as oral contraceptives. Quartette, designed as next generation of extended ...
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The US FDA has issued marketing approval for Lupin Pharmaceuticals' Levonorgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets USP, 0.1mg / 0.02mg, the combined oral contraceptive. Levonorgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets are the generic equivalent ...
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Famy Care has won final FDA approval for abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) of Levonorgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets USP, 0.15mg/0.03mg, generic equivalent to Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products' Nordette 28 tablets. Mylan ...
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Lupin Pharmaceuticals has gained FDA approval for its Norgestimate and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets, 0.18mg/0.025mg, 0.215mg/0.025mg, and 0.25mg/0.025mg. Norgestimate and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets are indicated for the prevention of ...
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Glenmark Generics, a US subsidiary of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, has received final FDA approval for its abbreviated new drug application for Norgestimate and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets USP 0.25mg/0.035mg. The product is the generic version ...
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals has updated the labels for its drospirenone-containing combination oral contraceptives (COCs) in the US. The revised labels state that COCs containing drospirenone may be associated with a higher risk of ...
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Glenmark Generics has announced a consumer-level recall of seven lots of Norgestimate and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets USP, 0.18mg/0.035mg, 0.215mg/0.035mg, 0.25mg/0.035mg, because of packaging error. Select blisters were rotated 180 ...
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Branham Law Group, a US law firm, is investigating Pfizer for its recall of 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 tablet packs and 14 lots of generic Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets. Pfizer manufactured both drugs and they were marketed in ...
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Pfizer has voluntarily recalled 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 and 14 lots of Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets in the US due to possibility of inexact tablet counts or out of sequence tablets. The products are indicated for the ...